As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2019
RegistrationNo. 333-230624
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Amendment No. 1
to
Form F-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Qutoutiao Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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Cayman Islands | | 7370 | | Not Applicable |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) | | (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
11/F, Block 3, XingChuang Technology Center
Shen Jiang Road 5005,
Pudong New Area, Shanghai, 200120
People’s Republic of China
+86-21-6858-3790
(Address and Telephone Number of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)
Cogency Global Inc.
10E. 40th Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY10016, United States
+1-212-947-7200
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Copies to:
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Chris K.H. Lin, Esq. Daniel Fertig, Esq. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP 35th Floor, ICBC Tower 3 Garden Road Central, Hong Kong +852-2514-7600 | | | | Dan Ouyang, Esq. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Professional Corporation Unit 2901, 29/F, Tower C, Beijing Yintai Centre No. 2 Jianguomenwai Avenue Chaoyang District, Beijing 100022 People’s Republic of China +86-10-6529-8300 Jie Zhu, Esq. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Professional Corporation Unit03-04, 38F, Jin Mao Tower 88 Century Boulevard Pudong New Area, Shanghai 200121 People’s Republic of China +86-21-6165-1700 |
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:
As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.
If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. ☐
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.
Emerging growth company ☒
If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. ☒
† The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered(1) | | Amount to be Registered(2)(3) | | Proposed Maximum Offering Price per Share(3) | | Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(2)(3) | | Amount of Registration Fee(4) |
Class A ordinary shares, par value US$0.0001 per share | | 2,443,750 | | US$47.32 | | US$115,638,250 | | US$14,015 |
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(1) | American depositary shares, or ADSs, issuable upon deposit of the Class A ordinary shares registered hereby have been registered under a separate registration statement on FormF-6 (RegistrationNo. 333-227181). Every four ADSs represent one Class A ordinary share. |
(2) | Includes (a) Class A ordinary shares represented by ADSs that may be purchased by the underwriters pursuant to their option to purchase additional ADSs and (b) all Class A ordinary shares represented by ADSs initially offered and sold outside the United States that may be resold from time to time in the United States either as part of the distribution or within 40 days after the later of the effective date of this registration statement and the date the securities are first bona fide offered to the public. |
(3) | Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, based on the average of the high and low trading prices on March 28, 2019 of the ADSs listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. |
The Registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to such Section 8(a), may determine.